Plow.



No. 743,095. 4PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903. A. A. PEARGE & C. R. GBE.

PLOW.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

AARON A. PEARCE AND CHARLES R. GEE, OF GILLHAM, ARKANSAS.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,095, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed February ll, 1903. Serial No. 142,950. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AARON A. PEARCE and CHARLES R. GEE,citiZens of the United States, residing at Gillham, in the county of Sevier and State of Arkansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plows, but more particularly to a removable point for a shovelplow; and the object thereof is to provide a point which can be readily applied and detached from the shovel for sharpening purposes Without necessitating the removal of any of the remaining parts of the plow.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists, primarily, in the combination of a shovel provided with guides and a removable strip adj ustably secured in the guides and terminating at a point which can be arranged to enter the ground at any determined depth.

The invention further consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be referred to hereinafter, and illustrated in thev accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a plow, a portion of a standard,and the removable point in proper relative position. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View through the shovel and standard. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the shovel, showing the position of the point in dotted lines; and Fig. 4 is a detail 'perspective View of a portion ofthe point.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a shovel lof preferred construction, near the top of which are a pair of loops 2 and 3, having countersunk openings therein in which seat the heads of the securing-bolts 4. and 5, which form fastening means whereby the shovel is secured rigidly to the standard device. The object of countersinking these openings is to provide seats for the heads of the bolts 4 and 5, so that the inner surfaces of the loops 2 and 3 will remain unobstructed, thereby permitting the point to readily slide within the loops, which form guides therefor. Two par? allel angular iianges 7 and 8 are secured to the rear of the shovel, being approximately of the same width as the width of the loops, and these iianges form guides which are provided to receive the plow-point and guide it longitudinally of the length of the shovel, so that one end will project through a loop 9 in alinement with the guide-anges 7 and 8 and the loops 2 and 3. This loop 9 is located near the lower extremity of the shovel and adjacent to a slit 10, formed in the shovel near its lower extremity,the extreme lower portion of the shovel being in the form of an offset 11, the surface of which is parallel with but on a different plane from the plane of the major portion of the shovel. The object of this offset below. the slit 10 is to provide means whereby the protruding end of the point, which extends through the slit 10, will be substantially iush with the surface of the shovel and, further, to provide a seat whereby the point will be held rigid. The point consists of an elongated strip 12, which can be passed through the loops 2 and 3, thence through the grooves formed by the flanges 7 and 8, and through the loop 9 and the slit l0. A single bolt or screw-pin 13 is disposed in the loop 9 and is used to rigidly hold the strip 12 within its guides. The lower extremity of the strip is in the form of a V, and it can be projected any distance beyond the end of the shovel or be withdrawn, after which it can be readily secured in its adjusted position by the screw-pin 13. j When it is desired to adjust the point, the strip can be easily removed by loosening the screw-pin 13, this being the only fastening means. After the point has been sharpened it can be immediately reinserted in the guides and secured in its proper relative position.

It will be apparent that a plow constructed in accordance with the invention above described will be economical and durab1e,and by gradually feeding the strip through the slit 10 the life of the plow will be greatly prolonged.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1n a plow, the combination with a shovel having a slitted portion, of an offset adjacent thereto forming a seat, a removable point projecting through the slit and resting in the seat, and means for securing the point to the shovel.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

AARON A. PEARCE.

CHARLES R. GEE.

Witnesses:

E. L. WILLIAMS, LOUIS HELLER.-y

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